DJ Ron Slomowicz: Where are you right now?
Annie: I'm on the tour bus in Norway.
RS: I love your album, it's been in my CD player all week. What's in your CD player right now?
Annie: Oh, you like it - cool! I'm listening to a lot of different stuff. I'm listening to a lot of M.I.A., I think she's great. She's on of my favorite artists at the moment.
RS: Let's talk about you. How do you write your songs, do you start with a lyric or with a beat?
Annie: I usually start with the melody. I write the melody and the lyrics, then go into the studio and record it. Then maybe we program the bass and do some drums and stuff like that, and put some chords to it. But it always starts with the melody and the lyrics.
RS: How was working with Royksopp?
Annie: It was fun. I've known them for a long time so it was truly great. We've always been talking about doing something together, so it was really fun when we started to work, but it took a long time to finish the songs.
RS: Do you have any funny stories about work with Richard X?
Annie: Well it was very different to work with Richard because I wrote almost all the songs on the album myself. Singing "Chewing Gum" was different because it was written by Richard and this girl called Hanna.
RS: You're a DJ as well, what was Pop Till You Drop like?
Annie: Pop Till You Drop was great, it was me and a girlfriend of mine. We were having it once a month and booking artists like Peaches, DJ Adam Mac. Lots of different bands and DJs, it was such a fun time. We always had candy and popcorn for people to eat, because people in Norway always tend to get really late to the clubs, but when we were serving candy they always arrived quite early. That was really fun and we were always DJing. We started DJing for the very first time in the very beginning, so none of us were extremely good. We were just doing our thing and it was quite a mash of records everywhere, but it was fun!
RS: Do you spin on record or CD or on a laptop?
Annie: I always use vinyl. I sometimes have a few CDs, but usually it's just vinyl. For sure, I think the sound is better and it's just a nicer format I think.
